1,200 job offers to IIT Kharagpur students in phase 1 of placement

Kolkata, Dec 28: Offers were made to as many as 1,200 students at the end of phase one of the 2017-18 placement season at IIT Kharagpur — a 15 per cent jump from last year, a statement from the institute said on Thursday. This placement season started with enrolment of 2,054 students which is the maximum at an individual Indian Institute of Technology. “This is due to the wide variety of disciplines that are offered by IIT Kharagpur. The 1,200 offers are due to 200 companies that visited during the phase 1,” the statement said. (IANS)